Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.

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War is ninety percent information.

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You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

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In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.

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History is written by the winners.

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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

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Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

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Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

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If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion

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I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.

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